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Pecos River Compact Commission

Description and history of the Pecos River Compact Commission. Commissioners and TCEQ Interstate Compact Coordinator contact information. Contact information of the legal counsel assigned to the Pecos River Compact Commission by the Texas Attorney General's Office. Date of the annual meeting.

Description

The Texas Pecos River Compact Commission represents Texas on the interstate Pecos River Commission to ensure that Texas receives its equitable share of quality water from the Pecos River and its tributaries as apportioned by the Pecos River Compact. The Compact includes the states of New Mexico and Texas.

History

The Texas Pecos River Compact Commission (PRCC) is authorized by Chapter 42 of the Texas Water Code. The Pecos River Compact was signed by representatives of Texas and New Mexico on December 3, 1948. Subsequently, the Compact was ratified by both the Texas and New Mexico legislatures and was approved by Congress and signed by the President in 1949. Thus, the Compact represents both state and federal law. The Compact allocates the waters of the Pecos River between the two states and established the interstate Pecos River Commission to administer the compact. The interstate Pecos River Commission includes one commissioner appointed by the governor from each of the signatory states and one commissioner appointed by the President.

Statute

Chapter 42 Texas Water Code

Commissioner

The Honorable Frederic "Rick" Tate
Pecos River Compact Commissioner
P.O. Box 969
Marfa, Texas 79843
432-729-3225
Fax:432-729-3224
Term expires: January 23, 2029
E-mail: tatecattle@sbcglobal.net

Advisors

Technical:

Scott Van Winkle, Ph.D.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 13087, MC-160
Austin, TX 78711
512-239-4696
Fax: 512-239-2214
E-mail: scott.vanwinkle@tceq.texas.gov

Legal:

Amanda Atkinson Cagle
Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548, MC066
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
512-475-4006
Fax: 512-320-0911
E-mail: Amanda.Cagle@oag.Texas.gov

Meeting Dates

The 2025 Pecos River Compact Commission annual meeting will be held April 8, 2025, at the State Capitol Building, Room 305, 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM at 10:00 AM CDT.
PRC 2025 Meeting Agenda


Information Links

Pecos River Compact

Pecos River Commission Rules, Revised 2016

Pecos Amended Supreme Court Decree, 1988

Pecos River Accounting Final Determinations
AY 2020
AY 2021
AY 2022
AY 2023
AY 2024